Improvement in army or train wagons



A. LITTLE.

Hay-Rack.

Patented Man 29, 1864.

N. PETERS, PHOTO-UTDIDGRAPHEH,WASHINGTON. [2v 0 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

LITTLE 8t 00., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN ARMY OR TRAIN WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2, [42, dated March 29,1864.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARTHUR LITTLE, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohioand State of West Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Army or Train Wagons; and I. do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side view of a wagon having my improvement attachedFig. 2, a transverse'vertical section of the same, taken in the line :10m, Fig.1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in attaching to army or train wagons adjustableracks, arranged in such a manner as to be capable, when not required foruse, of being placed up in contact with the sides of the body of thewagon, so as to be entirely out of the way, and, when required for use,capable of being adjusted in an inclined position to receive hay orother similar fodder which is fed out of racks. The ordinary army ortrain wagons are provided with troughs for feeding grain, ground feed,850., but have not been provided with racks, and consequently hay andlike substances, when being fed to the team, have either been placed onthe ground or loosely into the back of the wagon-body when spaceadmitted, and much of such fodder consequently wasted. This invention,it is believed, will fully obviate this difficulty.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully u'iderstand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents the body of an army or train wagon, which may beconstructed in the usual or in any proper way; and B B represent tworacks, which are attached one to each side of the front part of thewagon-body. These racks are constructed of a series of vertical bars, a,which are fitted in rectangular frames 1), the lower ends of said framesbeing attac ed by hinges or joints 0 to the lower part of thewagon-body. By this arrangement the racks may be adjusted up close tothe body A or turned down obliquely with it. (See Fig. 2, in which theracks are shown adjusted snugly to the sides of the body in black, andshown adjusted outward obliquely with the body in red.) The racks areretained at the desired angle of inclination by means of chains d, whichare attached to the wagonbody and to the racks, and the latter may beheld in an upright position in contact with the wagonbody by means ofcatches e or any suitable fastening. Thus it will be sren that when theracks are placed or adjusted in an inclined position they may be used inprecisely the same way as an ordinary stable-rack, and when notrequiredfor use may be adjusted up against the wagon-body entirely outof the way. One or two racks may be used, as

desired, but for fourhorse wagons two would be necessary in order tofeed the four horses simultaneously.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and'desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of adjustable racks with a wagon, arranged and appliedto operate substantially in the manner as and for the purpose herein setforth.

- ARTHUR LITTLE. Witnesses:

W. L. MGNEELY, J OSEPH WILLETTs.

